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God puts mercy, faithfulness into action
February 19, 2016Second column in a 13-part series Many spiritual leaders have observed that the experience of loss and being overwhelmed with misery brings us to the edge of what it means to be human, and ironically makes us most open to an experience of the mystery that we know as God. Perhaps these raw moments in life […]
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The offering of a key
February 19, 2016There was a town with a small church. I had heard that the church was beautiful inside and so I went to see it and brought my camera. When I arrived at the church and tried to open the door, it was locked. I walked around the block and tried a side door, but that […]
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Rosary as love letter to the faithful departed
February 19, 2016My husband was truly a Renaissance man, someone who could write, draw, build furniture, make fig and muscadine wine—and even keep bees. Still, no man is an island, and that was true for him—which is why he sometimes came to me with a shirt that was missing a button, or his fuzzy head of hair […]
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Vibrancy of our community reflected in annual rite
February 19, 2016Pat DeJarnett from our archdiocesan Office for Divine Worship manages to keep careful tabs on many of the statistics for our rites, so I knew that her projections in reference to this particular ceremony would be accurate. She told me the other day that the total number of our candidates and catechumens would probably break […]
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CRS Rice Bowl recipe: Laotian rice and lentil mash
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Archbishop Gregory gets his Black History Month “biography doll”
February 15, 2016St. Thomas More School in Decatur is one of the Catholic schools in the Archdiocese of Atlanta that has consistently celebrated Black History Month over the years with its students. Last week, Feb. 11, I drove over to the Decatur school on the day when Mike Norment, a former USA National Swimming Team member and […]
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February day of reflection to focus on works of mercy
February 5, 2016ATLANTA—The Divine Mercy Apostolate at the Cathedral of Christ the King will hold a day of reflection on Saturday, Feb. 20, from 8:10 a.m. to 4 p.m. All are welcome to attend. The theme of the day is “The Heart of Mercy in Action – Embrace the Jubilee in Living the Corporal and Spiritual Works […]
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Blue Ridge parish to host a healing mission Feb. 14-17
February 5, 2016BLUE RIDGE—St. Anthony Church in Blue Ridge will host a parish healing mission on Sunday to Wednesday, Feb. 14-17. Order of St. Augustine Father Albert MacPherson, of the Augustinian Healing Ministry, will lead the mission. All are welcome to attend. Father MacPherson will preach at the weekend Masses at St. Anthony on Saturday, Feb. 13, […]
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OLA School’s Lisa Cordell is a principal with ‘quiet, steady confidence’
February 5, 2016ATLANTA—Before she was a teenager, Lisa Cordell knew she wanted to be a teacher. She spent time in classrooms helping at an elementary school. Summers were spent preparing school bulletin boards. She was so sure of her vocation she joined Future Teachers of America. “I wanted to be able to pass along knowledge of academics […]
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Lenten mission at St. Brigid will feature speaker Allen Hunt
February 5, 2016JOHNS CREEK—Allen Hunt, Ph.D., author and convert to Catholicism, will present the Lenten mission at his home parish, St. Brigid Church in Johns Creek on Monday to Wednesday, Feb. 22-24. All are welcome to attend. The theme of the parish mission will be “Experiencing Jesus: Three Nights to Accept Pope Francis’ Invitation to Encounter Christ.” […]